[Rumour] Lightning have contract extension in place for Hanifin if trade can be completed

[PepsiFree]

Howard
Per-box
1st

or

Bennett
Samoskevich
1st

Either is fine.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

If the Tampa noise is in fact a ploy then that's brilliant work by the gm.

Or the agent

[EVERLAST]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I sure hope Zito outbids Florida.

Yeah bit what are we getting back? Not another declining player!!!

I love Weegar but Huberdeau ....yikes. No thanks

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Hanifin and his agent doing everything they can to drive down the return the Flames will get.

They've allowed the agent to work with team on a potential deal contract extension. If the Flames can't find better value beyond a pure rental scenario elsewhere, they can now move him as a sign and trade and obviously extract a lot of value from Tampa.

Does an extended Hanifin net you Sergachev coming back the other way? I would be interested in that as it doesn't appear that he has trade protection until next season. It obviously works for TB as they wouldn't be subtracting for this season either.

[dammage79]

Just don't much like the offerings Tampa has.

[Bubba17]

Everyone would like to see Lundell from the Panthers, which would be in line with what Conroy said he wants, young centers. My question is why would Panthers do that, they are first overall and why would they want to make such a big change at this time of the season.

I find these trade deadline deals more of a 3rd or 4th place team would be trying to get better to compete, i.e. Lightning, but why would Panthers, unless they are thinking of Montour leaving in FA this summer.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour

The Flames would have to grant permission for those negotiations to take place. It's hard to imagine that permission wouldn't be granted if a deal in principle wasn't already set up and the extension was the last piece of the puzzle.

Gotta figure if they have an extension in place then it's just about dotting i's and crossing t's.

[Fan in Exile]

Trade agreed to in principle, just haggling who is paying for Hanifin's travel to Tampa.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by Bubba17

Everyone would like to see Lundell from the Panthers, which would be in line with what Conroy said he wants, young centers. My question is why would Panthers do that, they are first overall and why would they want to make such a big change at this time of the season.

I find these trade deadline deals more of a 3rd or 4th place team would be trying to get better to compete, i.e. Lightning, but why would Panthers, unless they are thinking of Montour leaving in FA this summer.

Exactly. Lundell isn't happening - why would the panthers want to delete from a strong, surging roster right now? No team in contention is going to weaken their forward group significantly to get better on D during a playoff push.

[dieHARDflameZ]

Flames better be asking for a high price if it's for an extended Hanifin.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Fan in Exile

Trade agreed to in principle, just haggling who is paying for Hanifin's travel to Tampa.

He’s already over there.

[Sylvanfan]

Dumb question, but with Hanifin being an American citizen, he can basically grab his gear and go to the other room. No Visa or anything like Tanev had where he missed a game waiting for the paperwork to complete right?

Maybe the Flames can get some carbon credits by not leaving him behind and making him get a private flight.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

They've allowed the agent to work with team on a potential deal contract extension. If the Flames can't find better value beyond a pure rental scenario elsewhere, they can now move him as a sign and trade and obviously extract a lot of value from Tampa.

Does an extended Hanifin net you Sergachev coming back the other way? I would be interested in that as it doesn't appear that he has trade protection until next season. It obviously works for TB as they wouldn't be subtracting for this season either.

That would be a hell of a move if you think he comes back well from the injuries. Tampa has almost nothing in terms of prospects but getting a 25 year old left hand shot dman who is locked down for another 7 years would be quite the coup for Conroy.

[JurassicTunga12]

If it has to be TB, Gauthier, Howard, Perbix, 2026 1st, 2024 3rd.

thanks.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by butterfly

He’s already over there.

Yeah... but who picks up the cab fare?

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Dumb question, but with Hanifin being an American citizen, he can basically grab his gear and go to the other room. No Visa or anything like Tanev had where he missed a game waiting for the paperwork to complete right?

Maybe the Flames can get some carbon credits by not leaving him behind and making him get a private flight.

Not a dumb question, but yes. If you have a Canadian and American passport you can live and work in either country without any headache.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Just don't much like the offerings Tampa has.

That’s my issue. Other teams have more attractive assets.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Just don't much like the offerings Tampa has.

Their package can't possibly be the best the Flames can get here. Especially three days out.

[devo22]

Isaac Howard
Max Crozier
2024 3rd
2026 1st

plus probably something else, but I think that would slowly get to the right ballpark. I'd prefer trading him somewhere else, but I'll take trading him with an extension over him being a pure rental.

[calf]

Hanafin's going full Ohtani